Assignments for 12.10.23

NEF Student’s Book Advanced Adding emphasis: Inversion slide 148 4B, ex 

Rewrite the sentences to make them more emphatic.

1. I didn’t realize my mistake until years later. Not until years later did I realize my mistake.
2. We had never seen such magnificent scenery. Never had we seen such magnificent scenery.
3. They not only disliked her, but they also hated her family. Not only did they dislike her, but they also hated her family.
4. We only understood what he had really suffered when we read his autobiography. Only when we read his autobiography did we understand what he had really suffered.
5. We had just started to eat when we heard someone knocking at the door. Hardly had we started to eat when we heard someone knocking at the door.
6. I have rarely read such a badly written novel. Rarely have I read such a badly written novel.
7. Until you’ve tried to write a novel yourself, you don’t realize how hard it is. Not until you’ve tried to write a novel yourself, do you realize how hard it is.
8. The hotel room was depressing, and it was cold as well. Not only was the hotel room depressing but it was also cold.
9. We only light the fire when it is unusually cold. Only when it’s unusually cold do we light the fire.
10. Shortly after he had gone to sleep the phone rang. No sooner had he gone to sleep than the phone rang.
11. I only realized the full scale of the disaster when I watched the six o’clock news. I watched the six o´clock news, only then did I realize the full scale of the disaster.
12. He has never regretted the decision he took on that day. Never has he regretted the decision he took on that day.
13. I spoke to the manager and the problem was taken seriously. Only when I spoke to the manager was the problem taken seriously.
14. He had scarcely had time to destroy the evidence before the police arrived. Scarcely had he had time to destroy the evidence before the police arrived.